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Shapiro Library
to hold foreign
book sale
The Shapiro Undergraduate
Library is scheduled to hold its sec-
ond annual foreign language book
sale Friday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
The library is expected to have
hundreds of titles in German,
Spanish, Italian, Greek, Yiddish,
Russian and Armenian and more than
10 other languages. Most prices will
range from 50 cents to $1.
*Group to raise
money forchildren
Tau Beta Pi, the University's chap-
ter of a national engineering honor
society, is accepting donations to
help the children of Mott Children's
Hospital.
On Oct. 26-27, between 8 a.m. and
4 p.m., students plan to collect dona-
#ions outside the Michigan Union,
Ulrich's Bookstore, Kresge Medical
Research Building II, and various
locations throughout North Campus.
Members of Tau Beta Pi organize a
party for the hospital each semester.
Campus Pals
seeks mentors
* Campus Pals, a new program
attempting to match college students
with local children for mentorship
through the Athletic Department and
the local Big Brother/Big Sister pro-
gram, currently are looking for interns.
Interns will helpcoordinate the pro-
gram and screen students - big broth-
ers and sisters - to work in pairs with
a local child who currently is waiting
or a mentor. For more information
ontact April or Ed at 637-1258.
Volunteers needed
to tutor homeless
The volunteer program of the
Education Project for Homeless Youth
and SOS Community Services is in
need of students interested in tutoring
*omeless children. Tutors work with
one child or a small group and assist
with whatever subject the students find
difficult. Tutors will be trained.
To get started, applicants must attend
the group interview on Oct. 27 from
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Ann Arbor
Time for Tots; located at 1128 White
St. Potential tutors will be subject to a
police background check.
Speakers to share
German life tales
Two speakers sponsored by the
University's International Institute and
Center for European Studies are sched-
uled to speak on life in Germany.
The two lectures: "Germany after
Kohl: The European Union and the
Euro after the Elections of September
07," on Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. and
"Contemporary Jewish Life in Berlin,"
on Nov. 9 at 4 p.m., will be in room
1636 of the International Institute
located in the School of Social Work
building. Admission is free to all stu-
" dents.
.Group offers
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terships abroad
The University's chapter of
International Association for the
Exchange of Students for Technical
Sxperience currently is looking for
enthusiastic science and
Engineering students to establish
and arrange internships across the
world.
Joining IAESTE will help estab-
lish career skills and create industry
ontacts.
Those interested in working
abroad with the work-exchange pro-
gram, or interested in more informa-
tion, should attend a meeting tomor-
row at 7 p.m. in Room 1333 of the
Chrysler Building on North
Campus.
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Jaimie Winkler
Long-time radio host relays experiences
By Nick Falzon.
Daily Staff Reporter
Terry Gross, the popular host of National Public
Radio's program "Fresh Air," spoke to a crowd of
nearly 800 people last night at Rackham Auditorium.
During the event, sponsored by Hillel and
Michigan Radio, Gross spoke extensively about
her 25 years of radio experience, 23 of which she
has spent hosting "Fresh Air," an interview and
music program.
Gross' dedication to the show has impressed
many of her radio contemporaries.
"Radio is a business where people tend to move
around, but Terry never left 'Fresh Air,"' said Todd
Mundt, a local radio personality. "She was a great
interviewer from the start."
Gross got her start in radio in Buffalo, NY, in
1973. She moved to Philadelphia to host "Fresh Air"
in 1975 and has not stopped interviewing since.
Others also frequently compliment Gross on her
interviewing style.
"It's a gentle probing. She gets information from
guests you can't get normally," Mundt said.
Gross credits this to her personal, and some-
times candid, questions.
"I always tell guests to let me know if I get too
personal," Gross said. "I respect their privacy. It
also gives me license to ask them anything."
Some of Gross' guests are celebrities who want
to sell their newest book, CD or video on her show.
"Sometimes guests want to do an infomercial,"
Gross said. "That's when the interview becomes a
tug-of-war."
Celebrities who come on the show to sell are
often disturbed that Gross asks questions that don't
just concentrate on their product, Gross said. But
she feels such questions are important in finding
out who her subjects really are.
"There's no point in doing an interview if I can't
ask real questions," Gross said.
Her interviews even have provoked some guests
to cut the session short. Though these usually
aren't aired, Gross played excerpts from some of
them last night.
Gross said she does extensive preparation
before interviewing her guests, gathering as much
information as possible so she can write intelligent
questions.
"I fear that if I ask generic questions, I'll receive
generic answers." Gross said.
She aims to address her guests compassionately,
Gross said.
"The reason I prepare is so I'll hopefully care
about people;" Gross said. "That's why I'm careful
about who I select. I don't want to have to fake"
caring.
Gross' speech seemed to thoroughly entertain
the audience, eliciting a standing ovation.
"I really enjoyed it," LSA senior Cristine
Cunningham said. "I liked her humor, the self-dep-
recation, the inside information, what we don't
really hear on the air."
"Fresh Air" is broadcast on 89.1 or 101.9 FM
weekdays at 3 p.m.
Big Ten universities discuss their
campus alcohol, safety policies
MSA
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Dolin explained the B.Y.O.B. system
limits the number of beers and other
alcoholic drinks a student can con-
sume by issuing tickets that students
exchange for alcohol during fraterni-
ty parties.
Purdue University has a similar
system within their Greek communi-
ty involving wrist-bands and hole-
punches for alcohol, said Shelly
Thompson, executive officer of rev-
enue for Purdue Student
Government.
She added the system has made
unregulated co-operative house par-
ties more attractive to students.
"There is a 20-kegger kick-off at
one of the co-ops at the beginning of
the year," Thompson said.
Jack van Dyle, student rights direc-
tor for the Indiana Undergraduate
Student Association, said Indiana
University has few "problems with
alcohol" because the campus, includ-
ing the Greek community, is desig-
nated as dry.
The IUSA is examining the possi-
bility of a "bar bus" to transport stu-
dents from a popular strip of bars
located off campus during weekends,
van Dyle said.
"It's purpose is to transport drunk-
en students and keep drivers off the
road," van Dyle said.
Students at Northwestern are in a
"There isn't much in the way of
alcohol in Evanston,,--TfayFri
- Tiffany Farriss
Northwestern Associated Student Government
similar situation.
The campus became dry in 1993,
following an incident in which an
intoxicated fraternity member sus-
tained injuries after falling out a win-
dow.
"There isn't much in the way of
alcohol in Evanston," said Tiffany
Farriss, ABTS director for
Northwestern's Associated Student
Government.
"They cracked down a lot on alco-
hol, and it's been that way ever
since."
The delegates also discussed police
presence on campus and the use of
student officers.
"I've never seen a better solution
than student officers," said
Pennsylvania State University
Undergraduate Student Government
President Caroline Casagrande. "It's
excellent for rape prevention and
safety."
Casagrande said the student offi-
cers are less intimidating than regular
public safety or state police officers.
In another session, delegates dis-
cussed fundraising and distribution
of funds to student groups.
"We've been doing student group
funding all wrong," said Joe
Bernstein, MSA communications
chair.
"Relatively speaking, we don't
have any money."
Several Big Ten schools' budgets
are near the million dollar mark,
including the University of Iowa.
Other student governments, such as
Indiana University, receive "kick-
backs" from corporate sponsors to
increase their budgets
The University should "pay the
students back for their support" of
corporations such as First of America
Bank and AT&T who advertise on the
student MCard, Bernstein said.
Other governments at the ABTS
were impressed by the services MSA
provides for University students,
Bernstein said, but the problem fac-
ing the assembly is that students at
the University aren't informed about
those services.
At other Big Ten schools, "there
aren't a lot of other student groups to
put on programs,; Bernstein said.
"We have a lot of groups who do .a
lot of the programming that student
governments at other universitieG
do."
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LSA senior Janeece Freeman, who recently won the Miss Washtenaw County
Pageant, poses in her living room yesterday.
'U' senior handles
crownschool
By Marta Brill
Daily Staff Reporter
For Music senior Janeece
Freeman, this month has deviated
from the typical path of a University
student.
Besides balancing the standard
midterm overload of preparing for
three exams and a paper, she had a
more unique task on her schedule -
to win a pageant.
She succeeded in being crowned
Miss Washtenaw County on
Saturday, Oct. 17 at Saline High
School.
"Janeece is very.determined along
with her great skills and talents in
music. She has an outgoing personal-
ity and tremendous talent," said
friend Monte Arnold.
Preparing for the pageant included
a rigorous work-out schedule for the
physical fitness portion, studying
current events to be well informed
for the interview and developing a
platform, an issue the contestant
chooses to focus on if she is crowned.
Freeman said the title Miss
Washtenaw County provides a "great
opportunity to actively work on my
platform, 'Enriching the Youth of the
Inner City."' She said it also enables
her to become a more visible leader
in the community.
"She is a wonder role model of
young women today. She has a fan-
tastic talent, strong platform, speaks
well in her interview and is beautiful
inside and out," Pageant Executive
Director Laura Bloomensaat said.
Her platform aims to increase the
graduation rate among inner city
high school students. In Lansing, her
home town, Freeman tutored and
mentored students in the Lansing
public high schools.
"You can see that she is drawn to
kids and kids really respond to her,"
Arnold said.
Freeman is a vocal performance
and music education major.
Currently, she uses her musical tal-
ents to interact with local youths by
teaching voice lessons through the
Ann Arbor Community and
Recreation Program. She does not,
however, consider this volunteer
work part of her platform because it
is not specifically geared towards
raising the graduation rate of high
school students.
In the near future, she plans to par-
ticipate in a weekly mentoring pro-
gram called Youth Philanthropies that
works with children in the Ann Arbor
and Ypsilanti area.
As well as gaining leadership
opportunities, "participating in Miss
Washtenaw County was great experi-
ence for future pageants," Freeman
said.
Freeman said she wants to contin-
ue the pageant circuit because at each
progressing level she has a chance to
make a difference on a larger scale. If
she is able to succeed in winning the
Miss Michigan pageant this summer,
she will be able to actively work on
her platform across the state,
Freeman said. Her ultimate goal is to
win the Miss America Pageant and
affect the lives of inner city youth
nationwide, she said.
Until she became involved in
pageants, Freeman said she had the
wrong impression of "beauty
pageants." She encourages others to
disregard the common stereotypes
and consider how the pageants can
help females through scholarships
and leadership opportunities.
The Miss America Pageant is the
largest single source of scholarships
for women in the United States.
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